Ellen O'Connor served as Secretary of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth. She wrote this biography of Myrtilla Miner, founder of Miner Normal School, based on Miss Miner's personal papers, the recollections of Ms. Miner's...

Myrtilla Miner’s school was inactive for a lack of funds between 1860 and 1871. A bill considered in the US Senate to incorporate the Institution for Colored Youth in Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 1863. This institution incorporated in 1863.
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Lucy Moten, Principal of Miner Normal School and John Nalle, Supervising Principal of DC Public Schools, observe a student teacher from Miner School. Miss Moten took a “progressive” approach to training teachers, arguing that the function of...

The prominent African American educator, Dr. Lucy Moten (1851-1933), was the first African American principal of Miner Normal School. She served in this capacity from 1883 until 1921. At the time she was principal, Miner was a two-year public...

Lucy Moten, Principal of Miner Normal School and John Nalle, Supervising Principal of DC Public Schools, observe a student teacher from Miner School. Miss Moten took a “progressive” approach to training teachers, arguing that the function of...

Pictured here are four of the seven principals/presidents of Miner Normal School/Miner Teachers College. These individuals provided day to day leadership of the school from 1851 to 1951. The seven principals/presidents were: 1) Myrtilla Miner...

As part of the centennial celebration of Myrtilla Miner founding the school, Miner Teacher College officials and descendants of Ms. Miner held a ceremony at her gravesite, on March 7, 1951, at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown, DC.

As part of the centennial celebration of Myrtilla Miner founding the school, Miner Teacher College officials and descendants of Ms. Miner held a ceremony at her gravesite, at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown. Dr. Garnet Wilkinson, First Assistant,...